A masterpiece by Jean-Philippe Rameau. Popular classical music.
When it comes to great French composers of the Baroque era, Jean-Philippe Rameau stands out.
Rameau earned high acclaim for the grand motet—a church vocal form featuring a rich, relatively large ensemble—and for his opera Les Indes galantes.
His music naturally fits the movements of ballet, and he is hailed as the greatest composer of ballet music before Stravinsky.
This time, I have gathered quintessentially Baroque pieces by Rameau, including harpsichord (clavecin) masterpieces and selections from his operas.
I hope you will give them a listen.
Playlist
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| 1 | Preparations of sorrow (Tristes apprêts)Jean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | Baroque-era French composer Jean- |
| 2 | Harpsichord Suite 1728 — Suite in A minorJean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | Embodying the very essence of French Baroque music... |
| 3 | PlatéeJean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | Baroque that was highly acclaimed in 18th-century France... |
| 4 | The Lord is our refuge (Deus noster refugium)Jean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | The Lord is our refuge (around 1716) is… |
| 5 | Suite Les BoréadesJean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | A magnificent Baroque musical masterpiece comes to life once more. Ja… |
| 6 | Gavotte and VariationsJean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | A beautiful piece that conveys the very essence of Baroque music... |
| 7 | Harpsichord Pieces for Concert, No. 1 (Suite in C Minor)Jean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | Here lies a masterpiece of French Baroque music... |
| 8 | Gavotte in D majorJean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | Based on the dance form known as the gavotte, six... |
| 9 | Pièces de clavecin, Book I (Suite No. 1 in A minor): No. 3, Second AllemandeJean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | It’s a piece packed with the charm of Baroque music. Cu... |
| 10 | The Gallant Indies (Les Indes galantes)Jean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | Jean-Philippe Rameau’s opera-ballet... |
| 11 | Birdsong (The Call of the Birds)Jean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | A masterpiece that brings out the full expressive potential of keyboard instruments… |
| 12 | Pièces de clavecin, Book I (Suite No. 1 in A minor): I. PreludeJean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | A piece renowned as a masterpiece for the harpsichord… |
| 13 | Opera ‘Les Boréades’ – Act V, Rihéminia’s EntréeJean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | Jean-Philippe Rameau’s greatest masterpiece… |
| 14 | Harpsichord Pieces, Book I (Suite No. 1 in A minor): No. 7 “The Venetian Woman”Jean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | The splendor of the renowned French composer, a pride of the Baroque era… |
| 15 | Cyclops (one-eyed giant)Jean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | The celebrated Baroque-era master composer whom France prides itself on, Ja… |
| 16 | Harpsichord Suite (1706) Suite in AJean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | Jean-Philippe Rameau was a harpsichord suite… |
| 17 | Harpsichord Suite 1724 (Suite in D)Jean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | The Baro…, known as an iconic presence of France… |
| 18 | PygmalionJean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | From the story of a king who appears in Greek mythology, Ja... |
| 19 | Hall of Glory (Le temple de la Gloire).Jean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | Composed for the French royal family and nobility… |
| 20 | Opera ‘Les Boréades’ OvertureJean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | The overture to the opera Les Boréades is a masterwork of French B... |
| 21 | ZoroasterJean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | One of Rameau’s masterful operas from the peak of his career, “Zoroa… |
| 22 | How lovely are thy tabernacles (Quam dilecta tabernacula)Jean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | Back in his thirties, before Rameau made a name for himself in opera... |
| 23 | Hippolyte et Aricie (Ippolito to Arishī)Jean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | At the age of fifty, Rameau, as an opera composer… |
| 24 | The Festival of Hebe (Les fêtes d’Hébé)Jean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | In 1697, in the style known as opera-ballet... |
| 25 | The Birth of Osiris La Naissance d’Osiris (Part 1/3)Jean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | The Birth of Osiris (premiered in 1754) is La… |
| 26 | Castor and Pollux (Castor et Pollux)Jean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | “Castor and Pollux — premiered in 1737” is… |
| 27 | Gavotte and Six VariationsJean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | Performing the “Gavotte and Six Variations” is… |
| 28 | Harpsichord Pieces for Concert, Book IIIJean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | A sublime performance of delicate, elegant harmonies by three masters of period instruments. |
| 29 | Harpsichord Pieces for Concert Use, No. 5 in D minorJean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | “Konseru” means “concerto”... |
| 30 | DardanusJean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | Dardanus (composed in 1739) is a work by the composer Ra… |
| 31 | NaïsJean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | Rameau’s fourth opera premiered in 1749… |
| 32 | The Princess of NavarreJean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | Rameau, in his youth, was an aspiring lawyer, and composing… |
| 33 | Contradance in rondo form (Abarrisse)Jean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | In September 1764, at the age of 81, the great French... |
| 34 | The Faithful Shepherd (le Berger fidèle)Jean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | Giovanni Battista G... of Italy |
| 35 | Surprises of Love (Les Surprises de l’Amour)Jean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | The opera that premiered in Paris in 1748... |
| 36 | Symphony of ImaginationJean-Philippe Rameau |  play_arrow | Les Musiciens du Louvre is a 19… |
| 37 | Harpsichord Pieces and Fingering, No. 1 (Suite No. 2), TambourinRameau |  play_arrow | Masterpieces of the Baroque Era: A Collection of Harpsichord Classics |